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THE CHINA MAIL, APRIL 28, 1937.
Chinese Painters Create Academy History
Three Pictures Hung In This Year's Exhibition
London, To-day.
Two Chinese artists have pictures hung in this year's Royal Academy and are the first Chinese ever to be thus honoured.
MISS SHOU PI-YANG HAS TWO PICTURES. SHE ORIGIN- ALLY STUDIED IN SHANGHAI AND CAME TO ENGLAND ABOUT EIGHTEEN MONTHS AGO.
SHE HAS SINCE STUDIED PARTLY IN ENGLAND AND PARTLY IN FRANCE, AND HAS TWO EXQUISITE STUDIES ONE OF A CHINESE BIRD OF PARADISE AND THE OTHER OF CHINESE PONIES.
Done in water-colours and painted on silk, they are in true Chinese classical style.
It is understood the Committee was enthusiastic they saw the pictures.
Hanging when
T. H. CHIU'S LANDSCAPE Mr. T. H. Chiu, the other ar- tist, is a former pupil of the Royal Academy School, where he won six prizes and scholarships.
of
He is showing a landscape Moulay Idriss, in Morocco. His style is somewhat modernist but the Chinese feeling in it can strongly be perceived.
Another Oriental exhibitor is Prince Birabongɛe of Siam, who is showing a striking bronze portrait head.Reuter.
LONDON BUS CONFERENCE
CRISIS
RETURN OF MR. EDEN
Cordial Talks In Brussels
WESTERN PACT AND TRADE
London, To-day. The Foreign Secretary arrived at Croydon by air from Brussels last evening at the end of a
two days' visit of courtesy to
the Belgian capital, during which he was re- ceived by the King of the Belgians and had conversations with Bel- gian statesmen.
A communique issued in Brussels yesterday morning at the conclu- sion of the conversations states:
"Monsieur Spaak and Mr. Eden had a number of conversations on Monday and Tuesday in the course of which they took the opportunity to discuss the current problems of chief interest to the two countries.
London, To-day. The conference at the Ministry of Labour yesterday between repre- sentatives of the London Passenger Transport Board and of the bus
"Among these problems the Bri- employees in regard to the threa- their special attention on the one tish and Belgian Ministers gave tened London bus strike, sat for hand to questions concerned with five hours on Monday and. seven the hours yesterday.
strengthening of peace in The conference was adjourned till preparation of a new Security Pact Europe and, in particular, with the to-day.
Western Europe, and, on the It is understood the position ap other, to the economic questions pears to be somewhat critical which form the object of the mis- though there is still hope that a sion which has recently been en- solution will be found.-Reuter. trusted to Monsieur Van Zeeland.
The conversations which consist- ed purely of an exchange of views and had not the character of nego-
for
U.S. ENTRY INTO tiations, were carried on in an at-
THE WAR
Paris Celebration
Offer
Paris, To-day. The French Government has in- vited members of the American Legiðn and their families to attend the celebration of the twentieth anniversary of United States entry into the Great War
mosphere of complete cordiality.
"
"They afforded an opportunity to make it clear how close was con- formity between the points of view of the two governments. British Wireless...
BRITISH POLICY
Political And Economic Appeasement
London, To-day.
The visitors will be guests of the French Government for one week
It is the constant aim of His at the end of September.
Majesty's Government's policy in The programme includes a tour all spheres to attain the greatest of the battlefields and a big parade possible measure of political ap- in Paris.
peasement and economic collabora-
It is expected that about 10,000 tion, declared the President of the Americans will respond to the Board of Trade in a Commons French invitation Trans-Ocean. answer. -British Wireless.